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Does cortisol influence core executive functions? A meta-analysis of acute cortisol administration effects on working memory, inhibition, and set-shifting by Shields, Grant S, Bonner, Joseph C, Moons, Wesley G

“…Highlights • The fast, nongenomic effects of cortisol enhanced response inhibition. • The fast, nongenomic effects of cortisol impaired working memory. • Both…”
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Neural and behavioral bases of age differences in perceptions of trust by Castle, Elizabeth, Eisenberger, Naomi I., Seeman, Teresa E., Moons, Wesley G., Boggero, Ian A., Grinblatt, Mark S., Taylor, Shelley E.

“…Older adults are disproportionately vulnerable to fraud, and federal agencies have speculated that excessive trust explains their greater vulnerability. Two…”
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Self-affirmation and affective forecasting: Affirmation reduces the anticipated impact of negative events by Pauketat, Janet V. T., Moons, Wesley G., Chen, Jacqueline M., Mackie, Diane M., Sherman, David K.

“…When forecasting how they will feel in the future, people overestimate the impact that imagined negative events will have on their affective states, partly…”
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Inflammation, Self-Regulation, and Health: An Immunologic Model of Self-Regulatory Failure by Shields, Grant S., Moons, Wesley G., Slavich, George M.

“…Self-regulation is a fundamental human process that refers to multiple complex methods by which individuals pursue goals in the face of distractions. Whereas…”
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The Effect of Negative Affect on Cognition: Anxiety, Not Anger, Impairs Executive Function by Shields, Grant S., Moons, Wesley G., Tewell, Carl A., Yonelinas, Andrew P.

“…It is often assumed that negative affect impairs the executive functions that underlie our ability to control and focus our thoughts. However, support for this…”
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Better executive function under stress mitigates the effects of recent life stress exposure on health in young adults by Shields, Grant S, Moons, Wesley G, Slavich, George M

“…Executive function is a neuropsychological construct that enables controlled cognitive processing, which has been hypothesized to enhance individuals'…”
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Anxiety, Not Anger, Induces Inflammatory Activity: An Avoidance/Approach Model of Immune System Activation by Moons, Wesley G, Shields, Grant S

“…Psychological stressors reliably trigger systemic inflammatory activity as indexed by levels of proinflammatory cytokines. This experiment demonstrates that…”
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Oxytocin and Vasopressin Receptor Polymorphisms Interact With Circulating Neuropeptides to Predict Human Emotional Reactions to Stress by Moons, Wesley G, Way, Baldwin M, Taylor, Shelley E

“…Oxytocin (OT) and a polymorphism (rs53576) in the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) have been independently associated with stress reactivity, whereas oxytocin's…”
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Angry expressions induce extensive processing of persuasive appeals by Calanchini, Jimmy, Moons, Wesley G., Mackie, Diane M.

“…Persuasive appeals sometimes include expressions of anger in an attempt to influence message recipients' thoughts, attitudes, and behaviors. The current…”
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Thinking Straight While Seeing Red: The Influence of Anger on Information Processing by Moons, Wesley G., Mackie, Diane M.

“…Because angry people apparently rely on heuristic cues when making judgments, anger has been claimed to trigger superficial, nonanalytic information…”
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The Impact of Repetition-Induced Familiarity on Agreement With Weak and Strong Arguments by Moons, Wesley G, Mackie, Diane M, Garcia-Marques, Teresa

“…Repeated statements are perceived as more valid than novel ones, termed the illusion of truth effect , presumably because repetition imbues the statement with…”
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Motivation to Control Prejudice Predicts Categorization of Multiracials by Chen, Jacqueline M., Moons, Wesley G., Gaither, Sarah E., Hamilton, David L., Sherman, Jeffrey W.

“…Multiracial individuals often do not easily fit into existing racial categories. Perceivers may adopt a novel racial category to categorize multiracial…”
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Multiculturalism and Creativity: Effects of Cultural Context, Bicultural Identity, and Ideational Fluency by Saad, Carmel S., Damian, Rodica Ioana, Benet-Martínez, Verónica, Moons, Wesley G., Robins, Richard W.

“…Today’s diverse society often includes culturally rich environments that contain cues pertaining to more than one culture. These cultural cues can shape…”
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Avoidance-Related EEG Asymmetry Predicts Circulating Interleukin-6 by Shields, Grant S, Moons, Wesley G

“…Recent research has linked avoidance-oriented motivational states to elevated pro-inflammatory cytokine levels. According to one of many theories regarding the…”
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Effects of a Supportive or an Unsupportive Audience on Biological and Psychological Responses to Stress by Taylor, Shelley E, Seeman, Teresa E, Eisenberger, Naomi I, Kozanian, Tamar A, Moore, Amy N, Moons, Wesley G

“…Although social support is related to substantial benefits for health and well-being, research has uncovered qualifications to its benefits. In a test of the…”
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Spontaneous social role inferences by Chen, Jacqueline M., Banerji, Ishani, Moons, Wesley G., Sherman, Jeffrey W.

“…Past research has demonstrated that perceivers spontaneously infer individuals' goals, beliefs, and traits from their behaviors. These inferences processes are…”
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They won’t listen to me: Anticipated power and women’s disinterest in male-dominated domains by Chen, Jacqueline M., Moons, Wesley G.

“…We hypothesized that women avoid male-dominated domains because they anticipate lacking the power to influence others in those contexts. In Study 1, a…”
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Stereotypes: A source of bias in affective and empathic forecasting by Moons, Wesley G., Chen, Jacqueline M., Mackie, Diane M.

“…People’s emotional states often depend on the emotions of others. Consequently, to predict their own responses to social interactions (i.e., affective…”
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Anger and fear responses to stress have different biological profiles by Moons, Wesley G, Eisenberger, Naomi I, Taylor, Shelley E

“…Abstract In contrast to a general model of stress, a functional model suggests that emotions may regulate stress responses in specific adaptive ways. The…”
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“We’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore”: Anger self-stereotyping and collective action by Leonard, Diana J., Moons, Wesley G., Mackie, Diane M., Smith, Eliot R.

“…What can motivate members of disadvantaged groups to take action on behalf of their group? This research assessed a model in which measured perceptions of…”
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